Improvement in hand-planters



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IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,510, dated January 20, 1874; application filed August 5, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL BROY, of (Janton, in the county of Lewis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in handdant-ers; and it consists in the construction of the feed-slide, as will be more fully described hereafter, whereby it is rendered more durable and more easily adjusted for different kinds of grain.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents an ordinary hand-planter of any desired construction. The feed-slide c, which is operated in the usual manner, consists of the iron slide or frame a, which has an opening, 9, through its inner end, in which the holding-strap i is fastened, an elongated opening through its center, and a slot, 0, through the front end. The part or plate 1;, through which the slot is made, extends down below theunder side of the slide 0, forming a shoulder, which strikes against the front end of the slidechute 2, soas to prevent the slide from moving too far, and as a rest, upon which the wooden cup 3 is secured by a set-screw passing up through the adjusting-slot 0. The wooden cup 3, which fills the opening 5 in the slide, has a small opening or cup, 6, made through one end, which is used for planting small seeds, and has its opposite end cut or beveled away, as at 7, which is used in planting large seed. By reversing the ends of the cup, either end may be used at pleasure. cup and the sides of the slide between which it rests are made dovetailed, as shown in Fig.

4, so as to be more firmlyand securely held together, and to prevent any upward movement on the part of the cup.

Heretofore the slide has been made of wood and the cup of metal; but, as the wear and tear comes almost altogether upon the slide, they last but a very short time, and it is to obviate this that I construct my slide of iron, so as to be more durable.

Having thus claim- The combination. of the metal seedin -slide e,havn1g dovetailed sides, opening 5, and slot- ATENT CFFIOE.

The sides of this,

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